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Yes it is, 100%.
by chrismealy 9y ago
Yes it is, 100%.
- chrismealy 9y agoI love that I got downvotes for this. People are mad about the post office.
- burnte 9y agoThey should downvote it, it's entirely inaccurate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#Governance_and_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#G...
- chrismealy 9y agoThe USPS is often mistaken for a government-owned corporation (e.g., Amtrak) because it operates much like a business. It is, however, an "establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States", (39 U.S.C. § 201) as it is controlled by Presidential appointees and the Postmaster General. As a government agency, it has many special privileges, including sovereign immunity, eminent domain powers, powers to negotiate postal treaties with foreign nations, and an exclusive legal right to deliver first-class and third-class mail. Indeed, in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the USPS was not a government-owned corporation, and therefore could not be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act.[90]
- burnte 9y agoMy mistake, I misread you as stating it's 100% not government anymore. My bad!
- mmagin 9y agoThank you for correcting me.
- zbentley 9y agoWell . . . 85.7% (6/7). On Sundays, it's Amazon's: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/it-s-amazon-s-world-the-usps-just-delivers-in-it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/it-s-amaz...
- burnte 9y agoNo, it absolutely is not, it's a government entity but an independent one like dozens of other agencies.
- dragonwriter 9y ago“independent” agencies are actually part of the executive branch.
- burnte 9y agoYes, which is part of the government, as I mentioned. The important point was that it was gov't and not private as several people were claiming.